Explainer-France’s snap election: how does it work and what’s next?
PARIS (Reuters) - France holds a parliamentary election on June 30 and July 7. Opinion polls show the far right…
‘Godfather of AI’ emerges out of stealth to back carbon capture startup
Since dramatically quitting Google last year, Geoffrey Hinton, known better as the “Godfather of AI”, has been a harbinger of…
Edward Snowden eviscerates OpenAI’s decision to put a former NSA director on its board: ‘This is a willful, calculated betrayal of the rights of every person on earth’
OpenAI just appointed a former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) to its board of directors, and Edward Snowden…
France says it will sell CAESAR howitzers to Armenia
(Reuters) - France has signed a contract to sell CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on…
Finnish law to halt migrants at Russia border makes progress in parliament
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish government proposal to temporarily reject asylum seekers arriving across the country's border with Russia can…
Soaring temperatures scorch pilgrims on Haj in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH/MINA (Reuters) - Throngs of tightly packed pilgrims struggled through searing heat which has claimed lives during the annual Haj…
UN rights chief: Rohingya have ‘nowhere to flee’ in western Myanmar fighting
GENEVA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Muslim-minority Rohingya, who were feared to be trapped amid fighting in western Myanmar,…
French far-right leader Bardella slams Mbappe on election comments
PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Jordan Bardella criticised star footballer Kylian Mbappe on Tuesday for his call on the…
Austrian pro-tax heiress gives wealth to social, climate, left-wing groups
VIENNA (Reuters) - An heiress who has denounced the absence of taxes on wealth and inheritance in Austria has given…